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MWM, ASWJ take out rallies on M. A. Jinnah Road
[DAWN] KARACHI: Protest rallies were taken out by two religious groups belonging to different schools of thought on M. A. Jinnah Road on Sunday on separate issues, which, besides sparking some tension, also created snarl-ups in the adjoining streets, officials and witnesses said.The rallies were taken out by the Majlis-e-Wahdatul Moslemeen (MWM), and the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous bannedextremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wingof Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ), a banned outfit, in the areas which overlapped each other’s route on M.A. Jinnah Road. Police officials guarding them said it was a challenge for them to provide security to these two rallies. The MWM protest was against the alleged assassination'>assassination of members of the Shia community, terrorism in the country on the lam and against the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... The ASWJ protested against the Indian atrocities in India held Kashmire and recent terrorist attacks in the holy city of Madina. The MWM took out its rally in which a large number of women and kiddies participated from Imambargah ...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are... Shah Khorasan to Imambargah Ali Raza. The route of the ASWJ rally was from Gurumandir to Taj Complex. The administration had put up barricades in various streets connecting M. A. Jinnah Road to the rest of the city, which, eventually created a worst traffic jam and posed hardships to road users who, otherwise, were expecting smooth flow of traffic as it happens on Sundays. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-18 |
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